A camel is a large mammal with long legs, a long neck, and one or two humps on its back, adapted to live in deserts and go long periods without water. People use camels for riding and carrying loads.
From Old English 'camel,' from Latin 'camelus,' from Greek 'kamēlos,' from a Semitic language such as Hebrew or Arabic. The word traveled through many languages as humans domesticated camels across desert regions. Its form remained surprisingly stable over thousands of years.
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